MIchael Gove moved out of education as David Cameron reshuffles his cabinet

David Cameron has removed Michael Gove from the Education Department to become ''minister for TV'' with a brief to promote the Government's message in broadcast interviews as he shapes up to fight for a Conservative majority in next year's general election.

In the most dramatic reshuffle of his premiership, Mr Cameron also promoted Defence Secretary Philip Hammond to replace William Hague as Foreign Secretary after the surprise announcement last night that the former Tory leader was moving to become Leader of the Commons before quitting as an MP next year.

Treasury minister Nicky Morgan, 41, who replaces Mr Gove as Education Secretary, is expected to be one of a number of women and younger MPs being promoted by Mr Cameron in an attempt to counter perceptions that his Cabinet is too ''male, pale and stale''.

Liz Truss becomes the youngest member of Cabinet at 38 after being appointed Environment Secretary to replace Owen Paterson, who ran into trouble over the failed badger cull and his handling of the winter floods, as well as antagonising green groups with his scepticism about man-made climate change.

Mr Gove's move to Chief Whip will be seen in Westminster as a demotion from a job in which he has shown a personal passion for free schools and stringent academic standards but has met fierce opposition from teaching unions.

Mr Gove's removal was welcomed by teaching unions - part of the educational establishment which he reportedly derided in private as ''the blob''.

General secretary of the Association of Teachers & Lecturers (ATL) Mary Bousted said: ''David Cameron has belatedly realised that Michael Gove's ideological drive is no substitute for measured, pragmatic reform of the education system.Time after time he has chased newspaper headlines rather than engage with teachers.

''The dismantling of the structures which support schools, the antagonism which he displayed to the teaching profession and the increasing evidence of chaos in the bodies he established, in particular the Education Funding Agency, has led Cameron to one conclusion - Gove is more of a liability than an asset.

''Successful education systems value the views of the teaching profession, which Gove insulted when he called them 'the blob'. ATL looks forward to a more constructive relationship with his successor, Nicky Morgan.''

Labour described the reshuffle as a ''massacre of the moderates'' which marked a shift to the right by Mr Cameron less than a year ahead of the 2015 general election.

Among casualties of the reshuffle were David Jones, who was removed as Welsh Secretary and is expected to be replaced by his deputy Stephen Crabb, while Mr Cameron is expected to confirm that Environment Secretary Owen Paterson - whose allies mounted a desperate rearguard effort to save him - and Attorney General Dominic Grieve have been sacked.

Downing Street said the Prime Minister also accepted the resignations of universities minister David Willetts and energy and climate change minister Greg Barker, who will both stand down as MPs next year.

Andrew Robathan quit as a minister in the Northern Ireland Office and Alan Duncan left his post at international development, while news of Hugh Robertson's resignation from the Foreign Office filtered through while he was on an overseas trip in Beirut.

Nick Hurd said he was leaving his post as minister for civil society, while reports suggested policing minister Damian Green, rail minister Stephen Hammond and solicitor general Oliver Heald were all being sacked.

Mr Cameron also needs to find a senior figure to be the UK's next European commissioner, but Mr Hague indicated that he wanted to concentrate on his writing career.

''After the general election I will return to my writing, while still giving very active support to the Conservative Party and campaigning on international causes I believe in,'' he said.

''I wish to thank my constituents in Richmond, Yorkshire, one of the greatest places on earth, for their emphatic support through thick and thin over such a long period. I will serve them with unabated energy between now and the general election, and I look forward to supporting my eventual successor.''

The Prime Minister said: ''William Hague has been one of the leading lights of the Conservative Party for a generation, leading the party and serving in two Cabinets.

''Not only has he been a first-class Foreign Secretary, he has also been a close confidant, a wise counsellor and a great friend. He will remain as First Secretary of State and my de facto political deputy in the run-up to the election - and it is great to know that he will be a core part of the team working to ensure an outright Conservative victory at the next election.''

Departing Kenneth Clarke, 74, issued a parting shot at eurosceptics within the Tory party, insisting that no British government would want to quit the EU and saying that those pressing it to do so were ''crackers''.

Mr Clarke said he regretted the departure of Mr Grieve, which has sparked speculation that Mr Cameron may be preparing the way for changes to Britain's membership of the European Convention of Human Rights.

''I personally think it's unthinkable we should leave the European Convention on Human Rights . It was drafted by British lawyers after the Second World War in order to protect the values which we fought the war for. It is the way in which we uphold the kind of values we strive for,'' Mr Clarke told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

''Any government of this country is going to want Britain to stay in the European Union. It is the best way of effecting global political events and boosting our economy and the best way of protecting the interests of our citizens in a globalised world.''

Mr Cameron paid tribute to veteran Mr Clarke, who first entered government in 1972, served as health secretary, education secretary, home secretary, chancellor of the Exchequer and lord chancellor, and spent the last few years as Minister without Portfolio in a front-bench career lasting more than four decades.

''Ken Clarke has been a political Titan for more than a generation,'' said the Prime Minister. ''His wise and trenchant views will be missed around the Cabinet table.''

''Four years of failure to promote women and now we have the massacre of the moderates.

''Britain's foreign policy is now set to be led by a man who has talked about taking us out of the EU. The Tories are now retreating out of Europe with all the threat that poses to jobs and business in Britain.

''This reshuffle shows how weak David Cameron is, running scared of his own right wing. That's why he cannot focus on the big challenges facing families up and down the country.''

Well after destroying the morale of some 438,000 teachers and most in the DoEd he has now been set loose to completelely finish off the rest of the Nation .......
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But there again decision making was never Mr Slipperies strongest attribute

Well after destroying the morale of some 438,000 teachers and most in the DoEd he has now been set loose to completelely finish off the rest of the Nation .......
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But there again decision making was never Mr Slipperies strongest attributeLone Ranger.

Before Michael Gove took over Education, Education was the equivalent of a failed business and as a business, it would have been closed down! (Universities and Businesses have been highlighting the poor school education for many years!). 13 years of a Labour government had seen our position in the Global Education League Tables fall dramatically - Labour failed our children and many children of the future.

The man who started life as the adopted son of a Labour supporting family, understood that our children were being short changed in Education and that radical changes were necessary.

Despite the Teacher Unions and the unwillingness of many teachers to change, he had the courage to make the changes. The changes will benefit our children and their children.
(Especially as those in Education did not have the answers themselves!)

Before Michael Gove took over Education, Education was the equivalent of a failed business and as a business, it would have been closed down! (Universities and Businesses have been highlighting the poor school education for many years!). 13 years of a Labour government had seen our position in the Global Education League Tables fall dramatically - Labour failed our children and many children of the future.
The man who started life as the adopted son of a Labour supporting family, understood that our children were being short changed in Education and that radical changes were necessary.
Despite the Teacher Unions and the unwillingness of many teachers to change, he had the courage to make the changes. The changes will benefit our children and their children.
(Especially as those in Education did not have the answers themselves!)George4th

Gove has been a nightmare for education in the UK. If not for actual educational practice, then certainly for the concept of the purpose of education. He has been overly reliant on pushing a personalised, overly-ideological vision of a Robert Gordon's College 1970's traditional fee-paying education, which may have been very good for him, but does not suit us in a 21st century context. He has been viciously didactic and dangerously doctrinaire. I'm glad his meddling is over (directly at least - I anticipate he will cast a long shadow in education beyond the next general election).

Gove has been a nightmare for education in the UK. If not for actual educational practice, then certainly for the concept of the purpose of education. He has been overly reliant on pushing a personalised, overly-ideological vision of a Robert Gordon's College 1970's traditional fee-paying education, which may have been very good for him, but does not suit us in a 21st century context. He has been viciously didactic and dangerously doctrinaire. I'm glad his meddling is over (directly at least - I anticipate he will cast a long shadow in education beyond the next general election).jonnyx

jonnyx wrote:
Gove has been a nightmare for education in the UK. If not for actual educational practice, then certainly for the concept of the purpose of education. He has been overly reliant on pushing a personalised, overly-ideological vision of a Robert Gordon's College 1970's traditional fee-paying education, which may have been very good for him, but does not suit us in a 21st century context. He has been viciously didactic and dangerously doctrinaire. I'm glad his meddling is over (directly at least - I anticipate he will cast a long shadow in education beyond the next general election).

When someone in Education can recommend a better way forward I am prepared to listen!

The facts of life are that Education was failing this country's young people and therefore their future and the future of the UK and its ability to compete globally.

Michael Gove has made the radical decisions necessary to make progress. It does not matter that he is no longer in charge of Education as his radical policies have/are being implemented.

Those in Education Unions and the teachers who oppose change are the people who block Educational progress and the progress of our children and our children's children!

Many of our teachers are genuinely in teaching for the betterment of the Education of our children but they have been undermined, hindered and led by Left Wing ideology since the 60s to the ultimate detriment of our children's Education!

[quote][p][bold]jonnyx[/bold] wrote:
Gove has been a nightmare for education in the UK. If not for actual educational practice, then certainly for the concept of the purpose of education. He has been overly reliant on pushing a personalised, overly-ideological vision of a Robert Gordon's College 1970's traditional fee-paying education, which may have been very good for him, but does not suit us in a 21st century context. He has been viciously didactic and dangerously doctrinaire. I'm glad his meddling is over (directly at least - I anticipate he will cast a long shadow in education beyond the next general election).[/p][/quote]When someone in Education can recommend a better way forward I am prepared to listen!
The facts of life are that Education was failing this country's young people and therefore their future and the future of the UK and its ability to compete globally.
Michael Gove has made the radical decisions necessary to make progress. It does not matter that he is no longer in charge of Education as his radical policies have/are being implemented.
Those in Education Unions and the teachers who oppose change are the people who block Educational progress and the progress of our children and our children's children!
Many of our teachers are genuinely in teaching for the betterment of the Education of our children but they have been undermined, hindered and led by Left Wing ideology since the 60s to the ultimate detriment of our children's Education!George4th

jonnyx wrote:
Gove has been a nightmare for education in the UK. If not for actual educational practice, then certainly for the concept of the purpose of education. He has been overly reliant on pushing a personalised, overly-ideological vision of a Robert Gordon's College 1970's traditional fee-paying education, which may have been very good for him, but does not suit us in a 21st century context. He has been viciously didactic and dangerously doctrinaire. I'm glad his meddling is over (directly at least - I anticipate he will cast a long shadow in education beyond the next general election).

When someone in Education can recommend a better way forward I am prepared to listen!

The facts of life are that Education was failing this country's young people and therefore their future and the future of the UK and its ability to compete globally.

Michael Gove has made the radical decisions necessary to make progress. It does not matter that he is no longer in charge of Education as his radical policies have/are being implemented.

Those in Education Unions and the teachers who oppose change are the people who block Educational progress and the progress of our children and our children's children!

Many of our teachers are genuinely in teaching for the betterment of the Education of our children but they have been undermined, hindered and led by Left Wing ideology since the 60s to the ultimate detriment of our children's Education!

Its only the Left that wants all people to be Educated, the right do not want you to have so much knowledge its a danger to them.
It was the Left that got you Decraticy, it was the left that got people educated, If we leave the right to do what it wants then you see what is happen today, the slow removal of democrate system the dumbing down in education

[quote][p][bold]George4th[/bold] wrote:
[quote][p][bold]jonnyx[/bold] wrote:
Gove has been a nightmare for education in the UK. If not for actual educational practice, then certainly for the concept of the purpose of education. He has been overly reliant on pushing a personalised, overly-ideological vision of a Robert Gordon's College 1970's traditional fee-paying education, which may have been very good for him, but does not suit us in a 21st century context. He has been viciously didactic and dangerously doctrinaire. I'm glad his meddling is over (directly at least - I anticipate he will cast a long shadow in education beyond the next general election).[/p][/quote]When someone in Education can recommend a better way forward I am prepared to listen!
The facts of life are that Education was failing this country's young people and therefore their future and the future of the UK and its ability to compete globally.
Michael Gove has made the radical decisions necessary to make progress. It does not matter that he is no longer in charge of Education as his radical policies have/are being implemented.
Those in Education Unions and the teachers who oppose change are the people who block Educational progress and the progress of our children and our children's children!
Many of our teachers are genuinely in teaching for the betterment of the Education of our children but they have been undermined, hindered and led by Left Wing ideology since the 60s to the ultimate detriment of our children's Education![/p][/quote]Its only the Left that wants all people to be Educated, the right do not want you to have so much knowledge its a danger to them.
It was the Left that got you Decraticy, it was the left that got people educated, If we leave the right to do what it wants then you see what is happen today, the slow removal of democrate system the dumbing down in educationsouthy